So this happened a year ago now and not even directly to me but to my boyfriend. However, we were dating at the time, so was able to get to hear all the details.

Cast: EM: Entitled mother, IK: Innocent kid, H: Henry (my boyfriend, fake name obviously), P: Principal, HP: Henrys parents

Background: So my boyfriend went to a private catholic school in Australia and this all happened during the marriage equality debates which heavily divided a lot of catholic schools and caused a lot of angry parents I even have a bit of an entitled Priest story for another time).

So to the story. At H's school, there were frequent camp trips into the Australia bush where students were given the opportunity to gain a wide range of skills over the years they attended high school (this could be anything from medical training to rock climbing). The way these camps worked was that students in grade 12 (final year of school) were the leaders of respective activities that they had chosen to train in throughout school. They would run activities and work with younger students to teach them new skills. H was head of medical training and even worked with the local ambulance unit during camps.

Over the past couple of camps, H had gotten to know IK more and more as IK also wanted to lead medical training when he was in grade 12 (he was one year younger than H). IK had really opened up and started to trust H as a role model figure who he could get advice from. IK told H about he was really struggling with mental health issues and wasn't sure of what to do. Over the course of this camp, H was able to help IK find a psychologist and visit the school counsellor to get proper support.

Now H and IK are on H's last camp before he goes into his end of school exams and eventually graduates and they are both sitting alone in the food tent one afternoon. They were having their normal deep conversations about friends when the conversation then went something like this:

IK: Hey, H, I think I'm gay.

H: Really? That's really great that you feel comfortable to tell me. Thank you! (H was never really in the closet with anyone and most people knew he was gay. He never saw it as something to be ashamed of or to hide).

IK: You're the only person I've told. I'm really struggling to tell my family. Not because I think they won't accept me but because it will change how they behave around me. (I guess he was wrong about that...)

They both went on and continued their conversation but it pretty much went with H sharing a lot of his personal experiences when it came to coming out family and how ultimately it is a very liberating experience that allows you to be your true and most comfortable self. IK decided he would come out to his mum when he got home from camp.

(Let me be clear. H and IK only ever talked. There was no hint or suggestion of sexual intimacy between the two. H was 18 and IK was 17 so it would be statutory rape and they both knew this and were not sexually attracted to each other so neither party tried anything).

Now we flash forward to nearly two weeks after the end of camp and it's Sunday. H is trying desperately to study for his first major exam the next day when his parent comes up to him and says:

HP: P just called us. You're not allowed to go to school this week as apparently you have been accused of engaging in some illegal activity. P was not allowed to tell us what this activity was but it was apparently with another student. It seems there will be a meeting later this week with P to discuss what has happened.

H understandably freaks out. He has no idea what he has done and now he isn't allowed to take the first two of the state tests so that he can graduate (the way our end of school exams work is that they were ALL crammed into 4 weeks and whatever marks you get in these exams are used to judge where you rank with everyone else in the state so missing exams and having to rely on an estimate is a big deal). H calls me whilst he is in the midst of a panic attack and I calm him down and we talk about it. Eventually, he calms down enough to realise that he hasn't done anything wrong and that he can trust that whatever happens, he has nothing to hide or be guilty about.

P doesn't see H and HP for the meeting for 2 WEEKS! Apparently the accusatory party are "not comfortable with the details being released" and "feel the need to stay anonymous to H and that he keeps away from school for the time being".

This freaks out H even more and P eventually convinces the accusatory party to meet with him and let P be a messenger between them and H and HP. They agree.

Eventually, P tells H and HP that EM had gone to him and said:

EM: On camp, H raped my little boy and then told him to pretend to be a little faggot (yes she actually said that to the principal).

P: Is this true IK?

EM is holding his hand so tight that P could see he was wincing a bit from the pain.

IK: Yes....

She then demanded that H not be allowed to attend school despite the exams while she talks to lawyers about what she can do.

H was shocked to hear this about IK but could not contact him or be near him due to the legality of the situation. The two boys would not be able to meet due to the law and be able to discuss what ACTUALLY happened.

In the final week of exams, H is told by P to go to the local police station as P has decided that EM is being too reluctant in providing any investigation and it was time to get the police involved. At the police station, H tells the officers his side of the story and is then told to wait outside while the police talk to EM and P in a separate room. H would later find out from P that the police had told them that there was absolutely no evidence to suggest rape that the security cameras in the eating tent from the camp confirm that at least what H was saying was true. They then said that unless EM could provide more evidence then H should be allowed to finish his exams and never have to see IK or EM again.

EM. Went. Ballistic.

EM: HOW DARE YOU LET THIS FAGGOT GO. HE HAS TURNED MY SON INTO A HOMO AND TOUCHED HIM. H IS A PERVERT AND SHOULD BE LOCKED UP LIKE ONE. MY IK WAS A GOOD BOY UNTIL H GOT INTO HIS HEAD. THIS IS DISGUSTING. ILL SUE YOU.

She then was escorted out of the building saying that all police officers were gay and would burn in hell. P also later told H about how EM seemed very careful when she was being questioned and never EXPLICITLY stated H raped her son (because being discovered to have lied to a police officer is a HUGE case in itself)

H was then allowed to complete the exams he hadn't missed and was able to to get an estimated mark for the others. At graduation, H saw IK in the audience and apparently he looked like he hadn't slept in days. He was apparently pale and had lost a lot of weight.

Later that afternoon when I was with H and his family for a late lunch to celebrate graduation, HP got a call from P to explain that he had received a call from a mother who had heard EM telling her friends how she had almost made "the school faggot" miss all of his exams but then "those fucking cops" got involved and messed it all up. P apologised to H and HP and said that he would deal with EM on Monday. He then asked if H would like to make a case against EM for causing so much trouble for him in the past month but H just wanted to graduate and move on from high school so he said no.

The next year IK was transferred to another school and EM was never heard from again. Due to possible legal issues H never tried to contact IK after everything to see if he was okay but has heard from people at his new school that he now has a boyfriend, much to the anger of his mother.

Sorry if this is super long and possibly very boring but thanks for reading! Also because of the very high standing of the school involved I won't be able to give any more details so please don't ask.